Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02
GOOD WIVES.
Why Women Should Be Centers
Of Order at Home.
The Management Of Household . Mat
ter Of Business-MorAl and Physi.
cal Influence of q WelI-Or.
dered House.

ter OF Business-MOrAl and PhySi-
cal Influence of = Weu-Or.
dered House.
If woman is "a balm of Distress"
she should also be the center of order
1t is impossible to overestimate the
Importance of orderly habits not mere-
ly TO herself but to her relations and
friends. When early acquired they
become kind of instinct. discomfort.
and disorder disappearing before them
as if by magic. For the orderly ar
rangement of household BY no means
depends upon the amount of money that
Is spent in ii. but rather on the orderly
habits of its mistress. OF course, ciev-
er servants can do a great deal; but
even they become demoralized in time
when the mistress and the Young
ladies of the house are not orderly.
II Is the details of comfort supplied
by the women who take care of it that
make home. The family sense of
well-being does not consist in the ro-
mantle surroundings. or architectural
beauty. or artistic furnishing of house,
so much rs in the cleanliness, the neat
ness. the punctuality-in word. the
order of its interior economy. These
are the outward and visible signs of
the character of a good housekeeper.
How can tell her.
BY her cellar
Cleanly shelves and whi,ened walls
can guess her
BY her dresser.
BY the back staircase and hall
And with pleasure
Take her measure
BY the way she keeps her brooms;
Or the peeping
Al the keeping
or her back and unseen rooms:
BY her Kitchens air OF neatness
And its general completeness.
Wherein il cleanliness and sweetness
The rose of Order blooms.
Speaking of girls work. Rev. H. r
UaweiS SAYS: Order. neatneSs,
cleanliness, must first be learnt. Gods
world Is in order. Some habits must
be learnt young. If you are not
orderly al eighteen the chances are YOU
never will be. A slovenly girl will
make a slatternly wife. Go home and
look at your cupboards. How many
things can You find without a hunt?
Peep into those corners-drawers-
nondescript places. where every thing
for which there is no other place gets
slowed away. Do YOU notice grease
spots quickly? Do you take them ont.
or merely fold them over? A lady said
to me: What can be worse than a
glove that has been mended?' a
glove that wants mending,' l replied"
These may seem to be small things,
but they show that there are too many
girls like certain lazy. fashionable |
young lady, who the other day was
heard giving the following piece of
-sententious advice: Never put off till |
Tomorrow what You can get your
mother to do to-day"
One of the first requisites of a we'll |
ordered home is punc,uality If there |
Is no regard for time. "happy-co-
lucky administration. there is ALWAYS |
more or less friction. Trains run at a |
particular hour. Schools and offices |
begin at certain time. So. if the ar
engagements of a house are not punctual
Its inmates will always be in a weary
ing. irritating hurry. ard vet never in
time. Napoleons cook always had a
roast chicken ready FOR his master at
any time lie called for breakfast. be-
cause every quarter of an hour he put
a fresh chicken down to roast. If we
can not afford so many chickens. we
must be punctual TO the settled hour of
Meas. A lady of experience observes
that good way TO pick out husband
Is to see how patiently he waits ford
ner when ii is behindtime. Her hus-
band remarks that good way to pick
our wife is to see whether the woman
has dinner ready in time. A man said:
II nave very reliable clock. for when
1t points at two, it always strikes
twelve. and then know it is half-past
seven clock l spent the other day
IN a house the mistress of which resem-
bled that clock. and l never wish to
enter 1t again. Every meal was at
least an hour late. The hostess spent
much of her time in looking for keys.
and only spoke TO apologize for things
that never would have gone wrong if
she had been n center OF order rather
than she was. painfully chaotic. |,